Michael Steen named Phi Theta Kappa Student of the Month for September

Michael Steen of Coffeyville, Kan. was named the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society student of the month.   

Steen has completed a Certificate in Networking from the CCC Technical Campus in Coffeyville.  He will be a student on the main campus until December of 2008 completing his Associate of Science degree in Computer Science.  Steen plans to continue his education at Cornell or Columbia. 

“I want to be rich and famous . . . or a network administrator for a major corporation,” said Steen. 

Steen currently serves as the Co-Vice President of fellowship for the local CCC PTK Chapter.  He is also the Vice President for the Southern PTK District of Kansas and he is running for International PTK President, a position he will find out the results of in the spring of 2008. 

Steen spent the summer helping PTK plan for the Kansas Region.  In August, he traveled to Ames, Iowa where he participated in the Iowa Straw Poll by helping with the campaign of Senator Sam Brownback.  Steen presented the PowerPoint introduction at the mock chapter meeting presented at Neosho County Community College for the Southern District Chapter officer training.  Steen is also presenting on Goal Setting at the Kansas Region Leadership Conference at Labette Community College at the end of September. 

In addition to PTK, Steen is involved with the Red Raven Student Ambassador program and works at KKI Technology in Coffeyville doing PC repair.